Production of ultra-high magnetic fields and their application to solid state physics

Abstract

A review is given on the recent progress of techniques for generating ultra-high magnetic fields in the megagauss range. Discussion is focused on the techniques using condenser bank discharge which have been developed at ISSP (Institute for Solid State Physics) with a view to applications in solid state physics. By the electromagnetic flux compression technique, pulsed high fields up to 350 T have been generated. By the single-turn coil technique, fields well above 150 T have been generated without destroying samples. The megagauss fields are succesfully applied in a variety of experiments.